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J. F. Gregory will ready for festival officials say

Jamie Parker/Bryan County Now When workers replacing the roof on the pavillion in J.F. Gregory Park got to the fourth panel, they discovered the new one didn't fit.

Some of the repairs and upgrades scheduled for J.F. Gregory Park in preparation, in part, for next week’s Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival have gone off with out a hitch, while one at least, hit a snag.

Work on the shoulders of the park’s roads and other maintenance went well reported Harvey Lashley director of Parks, Recreation and Culture for Richmond Hill.

“We closed off much of the park last week and took care of some things we’ve been needing to do but were difficult to get to with people using the park,” Lashley said.

But, another project, the replacement of the worn out canopy atop the park’s pavilion got pushed back until this week due to an ill-fitting replacement panel.

“When they got to the fourth panel, it wasn’t long enough,” Lashley said. “They were measuring things here and making them somewhere else. The fourth one just didn’t fit.”

Richmond Hill Mayor Harold Fowler said Tuesday that while the delays to replacing the roof on the pavilion were cutting things closer than he would like he felt certain the park would be ready to go for the kickoff of the Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival scheduled Oct. 19.

“I’m just glad they measured it and not us,” he said.

Lashley said earlier that upgrades to the park’s electrical system would be complete in time for the festival as well.

Fowler added there had been no further sightings of the approximate 300-pound wild boar reported seen on the park’s jogging trail last week.